Our March newsletter featured an article that explained our website transition to accommodate member restricted content, which was related to the broader shift in our online strategy to improve the visibility of TAN Association members to those outside the organization while providing better benefits to our membership. As this shift concludes, several new sections have become available on the website: Member Discounts & Resources (under the Member Benefits menu tab) and Podcasts (under the Media tab).

Recently, the TAN Association has been working with several third-party vendors to negotiate exclusive discounts on technical tools & resources for Association members. As of August 15^th, we have arranged for five third-party vendors to offer ongoing discounts to association members, and identified one additional resource, Qwoted, a valuable tool for members looking to further their career or visibility in media. These opportunities are accessible on the Member Discounts & Resources page, which is exclusive

Please tell us what you do professionally.

I primarily trade, lecture occasionally and publish my weekly commentary, LarryTV, for a few loyal followers.

How did you get there?

I have a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon so I suppose that explains why I’ve written books and newsletters. What got me into the markets was pure and simple; greed. It looked easy to figure out if something would go up or down. To think one could make money without going to work, having a job working in a refinery like my dad and I did, or, sitting behind the desk writing a story for the local newspaper just blew me away.

My dad had always said learn to work with your brain, not your back like he did, so this certainly rang a bell for me. And it looked so easy … a market will either go up or down for

The New York City Chapter of the TAN Association welcomed Tony Dwyer, Chief Market Strategist at Canaccord Genuity to its meeting on July 23.

Tony provided an interesting perspective. While he focuses on macroeconomic and fundamental data, in addition to technicals, he emphasized that his approach is always data-based, not opinion-based.

He performs technical analysis on fundamental data.

Before getting into the meat of his presentation, Tony shared an important perspective on people’s behavior, which affects their analysis. Paraphrasing, he said, “When people remember the past, they don’t remember exactly what happened. They remember their own interpretation or version of the past.”

Being the data-dependent strategist he is, Tony has done the work to go through the microfiche articles to see what was actually happening and being said during the periods in history that he’s studying.

As market technicians, we are historians, so we need to make sure we’re basing our analysis on what actually

Membership

The TAN Association would like to congratulate the following members on their new positions:

• Darren Heil, CMT, Co-Founder & Partner at QM Advisors
• Jacob Elwood (former TAN Association Intern), Planner at Sam’s Club
• Asutosh Mehta, CMT, Assistant Vice President at BOB Capital Markets Ltd
• Miguel Rito, Consultor Imobiliário at Engel & Völkers Porto

Updating Your Profile

Please be sure to login to the website and update your profile so we have up-to-date information on our members!

CMT Registration

Congratulations to all the candidates who passed their June 2019 CMT Exam!  Results for all levels have been emailed to the candidates.  If you did not receive your results, please email Marie at marie@cmtassociation.org. 

Have you recently completed the TAN Level III exam? Don’t forget to apply for the Member Status so that you can be granted the TAN designation.  Application and Sponsor Questionnaire can be found on the website under Membership/Type of Membership/Professional Membership. 

Questions about the process can be